Projected Lineups for Golden Knights vs Islanders – 12/9/25

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The Vegas Golden Knights take on the New York Islanders at UBS Arena. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (14-6-8) at ISLANDERS (16-11-3)

7 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, SCRIPPS, TNT, SNP

Golden Knights projected lineup

Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel — Branden Bowman
Mitch Marner — Brett Howden — Mark Stone
Brandon Saad– Tomas Hertl — Pavel Dorofeyev
Cole Reinhardt — Reilly Smith — Keegan Kolesar

Brayden McNabb — Shea Theodore
Noah Hanifin — Zach Whitecloud
Ben Hutton — Kaedan Korczak

Akira Schmid
Carter Hart

Scratched: Alexander Holtz, Colton Sissons, Dylan Coghlan

Injured: Adin Hill (lower body), Jeremy Lauzon (undisclosed), William Karlsson (lower body)

Status report

The Golden Knights did not hold a morning skate. … Sissons, a forward, could return after missing a 3-2 overtime win at the New York Rangers on Sunday because of an illness. … Coghlan, a defenseman, was recalled from Henderson of the American Hockey League, and defenseman Jacob Megna was reassigned to the AHL

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Islanders projected lineup

Emil Heineman — Bo Horvat — Maxim Shabanov
Anders Lee — Mathew Barzal — Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Simon Holmstrom — Calum Ritchie — Anthony Duclair
Kyle MacLean — Casey Cizikas — Marc Gatcomb

Matthew Schaefer — Ryan Pulock
Adam Pelech — Adam Boqvist
Travis Mitchell — Scott Mayfield

Ilya Sorokin
David Rittich

Scratched: Maxim Tsyplakov, Adam Boqvist

Injured: Kyle Palmieri (ACL), Alexander Romanov (upper body), Semyon Varlamov (knee), Ethan Bear (upper body)

Status report

Pageau returns for the Islanders after missing eight games because of an upper-body injury.

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